Estimation of Urban suspended particulate air pollution concentration

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Halek, F ^a   Keyanpour, M ^a   Pirmoradi, A ^b   Kavousi, A ^a  

^a MATERIALS AND ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Dynamic modeling; GIS; Particulate matter; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN PLANNING;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 77952204956     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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